The Philadelphia StoryMovie

George Cukor directed this classic comedy talkfest that offers special pleasures for fans of Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Cary Grant. Tracy Lord (Hepburn), the daughter of a super-wealthy family living in a ritzy suburb of Philadelphia, is slated… (more)

In this Best Picture nominee, Katharine Hepburn re-creates her Broadway role as a divorced society woman preparing for her wedding while fending off the advances of a magazine reporter and her ex-husband. Playwright Philip Barry's comedy of manners capture (more…)In this Best Picture nominee, Katharine Hepburn re-creates her Broadway role as a divorced society woman preparing for her wedding while fending off the advances of a magazine reporter and her ex-husband. Playwright Philip Barry's comedy of manners captures "the privileged class enjoying its privileges" and landed screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart a Best Screenplay Oscar and James Stewart a Best Actor award as the journalist.